Am I Better off Buying a Franchise or Not?

Am I better off long term Buying a franchise and following the systems and experience they have, or am I better off on my own and hiring a coach, consultant, or mentor to help me get where I need to be? There are advantages as well as disadvantage is to each and an episode number five of season one I take a quick look at both from 17 years of working and managing two of the biggest franchises on the scene today first starting from scratch.